Microsoft's Seadragon graphics viewing application has come under fire for allegedly distributing pornography to unsuspecting iPhone users, presumably those unfamiliar with the way the internet works these days.
Seadragon is a powerful graphics viewer for the iPhone, distributed free by Microsoft Live Labs, and includes an array …

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Think of the Children

Who in their right mind would by their Children an iPhone.

Actually, scrap that. Those are the dumb parents stupid enough to put their children on the sort of tariff that give a free iPhone, and gives them the 50,000 minutes a month the kids need to talk to their friends

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@ Jim

"Where are the cries for banning the Internet?"

The government's already got that covered. They've sent a highly trained squad of soldiers to find the server that runs the Internet and shut it down using the large "Off" switch that their sources have assured them will take the whole WWW offline.

Can I get AOL on my i-phone?

I was trying to think what the single most annoying thing anyone could say to me was, "Can I get AOL on my i-phone?" would probably push all my buttons so effectively that I'd be driven to beating them to death with the nearest blunt object, preferably something ;with an "i-" prefix in it's name.

Perhaps I just need to cut back on my caffeine. Mine's the one with the wrap around arms.

Think of the children? (BS article)

If your kids own an iPhone with an unlimited data plan, there's nothing society can do to save them. Stop moaning about pr0n and admit your total failure as a parent.

That said, there seems to be a grand total of one (1) (particularly clueless) person complaining about that. Everyone else seems to understand the issue quite well, even if some people do suggest that MS should filter the content pre-emptively. Hardly the angry crowd you depict, and hardly worth a mactard-bashing article. But hey, mactard-bashing is fun anyway, so go ahead!

Title Required Why??

I will give them this, I would have never known about that app if I didn't read this (then again I only have the Touch and barely use it at that). Though I will say if they are screaming about pron on the iPhone then maybe we should just block every Mactard from using it at all. Seeing as thats 90% of the net there anyway. Then they could keep their sensibilities and not have to look at that.

Seriously now...

... well, kinda.

This sounds like a great way to drive adoption of the software. Well done, Microsoft! Now a lot of people will install the stitch thing because of this little piece of news, just to look for the treasure trove.

It's only a phone for gods sake

That's not just pr0n...

Demo Version

Before people get excited, remember that it's MS and it's probably a demo version. Based on past MS performance, a demo of half an hour of good viewing will turn into three seconds of action before the guy finishes, rolls over and goes to sleep.

Pr0n on the Jesus phone?

Jealousy?

Why all of the vitriol towards iPhone owners? I have an iPhone 3G, I bought it because it fits in with my needs and, unlike countless S60 phones, it works.

It seems to me that there is a great deal of loathing towards those people that can afford to buy things. Somehow if you buy software, music, movies, Apple kit, you are some sort of pariah. You should be content with home brew kit and OSS offerings. Well forget that. I've worked hard to earn enough money to be able to buy what works best for me. If you can't afford it, stop bleating about it. Jealousy is the worst of the seven sins.